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Post 4000
Sorry for the self-indulgence here, but this is my 4,000th post to this blog. That's a lot and more than I thought I would do when I started this thing.NGC 6193, roughly 4,000 ly from EarthI was going...
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BlackStar: Launch Date 31165.86
It's my birthday! But I am at work today. Thankfully I was so prepared for all my meetings I got done early. Thought I might share an update.I have been working, slowly, on my BlackStar game. This is...
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Kickstart Your Weekend: Amazing Adventures 5e
I have been waiting for this one for a while now. Amazing Adventures 5E RPGhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/676918054/amazing-adventures-5e-rpg?ref=theothersideI have been a fan of Amazing...
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Review: Odysseys & Overlords
Odysseys & Overlords is a new Old-School setting and rules system from Travis Legge and Aegis Studios. Travis has an impressive bibliography with over 400 publications on DriveThruRPG. So when I...
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Busy Week
Sorry for the lack of posting everyone. Been a really busy week at work.Here are some brief updates.Back to Middle-EarthI turned 50 last week!So I decided to re-read the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings...
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Monstrous Monday: Halflings are Half What?
I mentioned on Friday I am re-reading the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. I am also likely to re-read the Silmarillion and even pick up some of Prof. Tolkien's other books.In my reread I was struck by a...
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Magic School: Fast Times at Magic High
A group of dangerous 5th Year students.I spent some time over the weekend playing the new Wizards Unite and working out some details of my Magic School campaign.I am still going with the idea of a...
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Mail Call: Bunnies & Burrows
This is my busy time at work, so just a quick drive-by posting today. Came up from a meeting to find this waiting for me.Bunnies & Burrows 2nd ed. So far it looks really great.The feel is like...
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Kickstart Your Weekend: Friendship is Magic Edition
Couple of Kickstarters are ending in the next four days from some friends of mine and I wanted to share. Both are great and I want to see them both do well.First up is the sequel to Eric Bloat's...
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Monstrous Monday: Mystical Companions (5e)
Over the weekend I was thinking about my Magic School game and what I want to add to it. One thing became instantly obvious to me was I needed to have familiars. Nearly every 5e game I have run the...
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Monstrous Monday: Calibans
Sorry for falling off the face of the web last week! Took a little break from everything and it was nice. But it's Monday and that means back to work and back to Monstrous Mondays!Today I have a...
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The Other Side, A Look Forward
Trying to organize some thoughts here on what I want to do next on the old Other Side blog, figure you all might want to help me! Or at least listen to my ramblings.I am prepping for Gen Con now and...
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OMG: Demihuman Deities, Part 1
Ok a bit of a direction change here for One Man's God. Normally I look at the myths presented in the 1st Ed AD&D Deities & Demigods, compare them to the myths from the real world and then look...
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Mystic Locales: The Library
This one is for all my librarian friends out there and for all the libraries I have loved.Mystic Locales: The LibraryThere is a rumor. Naturally, it is whispered since talking aloud is not permitted...
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Willow & Tara: 5e Modern variant
My Facebook friend Ron McNiel has been playing around with a 5e inspired modern game variant and he decided to do his own reboot of Buffy. It looks pretty fun, to be honest, and you can see all his...
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Monstrous Monday: Scorpion Men
I first ran into Scorpion Men, not in the pages of an AD&D Monster Manual (which still would not appear till 2nd Edition Monstrous Compendiums, though I do seem to recall them in a module for 1st...
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Castles & Crusades Monstrous Compendium
Busy day. I have been running kids around all day to get them registered for classes, for volunteer work and oh and I have three courses I need to write before Gen Con!But I am not going to let that...
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OMG: Demihuman Deities, Part 2
Headed back to the Nonhuman and Demihuman Deities today. Of all the mythos in this book this is one that gets the most updating. Later in Unearthed Arcana and then under 2nd Ed with an entire book....
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ENnies 2019 Voting is Live
Voting for the 2019 ENnies Awards is now live. Here are some of my picks.2020 JudgeGotta go with GameGeeks' own Kurt Wiegel.Best AdventureNo contest for me. I choose Necormatic Gnome's Winter's...
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Christmas in July Sale!
I have a lot of books on sale in DriveThruRPG's Christmas in July sale.Yes, it is 100+ degrees heat indices outside, but DTRPGs thoughts are to Christmas.You can even get my newest book, The Daughters...
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